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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
CHANGES IN AGRICULTURAL MARKETS IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES
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| Autores: |
Liefert, William M.
Swinnen, Johan F.M.
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| Data: |
2004-10-28
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| Ano: |
2002
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| Palavras-chave: |
Russia
Ukraine
Former Soviet Union
Central and Eastern European countries
Transition economies
Agricultural production
Livestock sector
Food consumption
Trade
Policy reform
Productivity
International Relations/Trade
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| Resumo: |
Economic reform in the transition economies of the former Soviet bloc has transformed the volume and mix of these economies' agricultural production, consumption, and trade. Output drops in most countries have ranged from 25 to 50 percent. The livestock sector has been hit particularly hard, all but eliminating U.S. grain exports to the region. This report concludes that the output decline has been an inevitable part of market reform and that the main goal of agricultural policy in the transition economies should not be to return output to pre-reform levels but to increase the productivity of input use. Although reform has created a food security problem in some countries, the cause of the problem is not insufficient food supplies, but rather inadequate access to food by segments of the population and regions within countries.
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| Tipo: |
Report
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
15202
http://purl.umn.edu/33945
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| Editor: |
AgEcon Search
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| Relação: |
United States Department of Agriculture>Economic Research Service>Agricultural Economics Reports
Agricultural Economic Report Number 806
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| Formato: |
32
application/pdf
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